Assistant professor of biology Marcel Salathé and seven of his Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics colleagues have launched “Epidemics – the Dynamics of Infectious Diseases,” Penn State's first science MOOC on Coursera. At the same time, Salathé has premiered his mobile epidemics simulation game Moocdemic.

The epidemics MOOC is taught by eight Penn State faculty, with Marcel Salathé as lead instructor, who engage learners and showcase the wide range of expertise at the University's Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics.